Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-09-21
ATAKImA PEAcH.
Al rxGusTaA7I0z or THH AMOUNT o. TnHE
ApvKET1slaa TTa rHFLuKMcx cAa
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sBCUEn.
A fan dsvs AGO, uhiIe asaDdIpe 10 tie
ofIIoe al Paul sohulzs. HsEthern Pssins
Iand aoeua. the Attention Of TIE Ro4T-
IuTKfrTaKNoKn nau yes eitfacted % 81
axpreaa auens Who laboFed undeR 9
hesVV boz which be carried in end
dropned down On the floor. Tie bSx
wna ooeaed IL 9 few momsnts and some
81 IA Drsstisst Of peashss we're re-
Vaaled, The box WoFe she taa OF . Ia
kima fruit farmer. "The fruit ~ -
lumoioua a. reaches ere said % be 70
poetry ana the favor IL delioioos--n is
ihe peaohissa peach roo ever tasted and
h a. unlike The tasteiess fFuit We get
from California as wooden uutmeRs are
fFom the real thing" said AF. Schuize.
BeipR q land agent the Statement vas
NOS 10 81 aeeapted. Of course witnooe
being Put 10 the test, and the fosr-
IHTgILSaKscEn man vas consideRably
surprised 70 end thai be bad spoken tne
lInthl
aYoa viii see q most wonderful
change In the Yakima e0antRy within
the next few years. change greater
Ian anTthinz that has been Witnessed
along tue line Of ths N. r. =. Il" said
NJ, Sehulzs. nov sure Of Q tFuatfui
audience. ASIDE from the most de-
llsiOna fruits and vegetables Of al
Kinds, the low, aaQs-bgmsh lands Of the
Yakima YeQion, when irrigated, pFoduce
an kinds Of grain, bus vhat is betseF.
she finest hspa, and What is stlll more
Important, excellent tobacco. The suo-
cess Of this latter produoa las been
~ - ,
AZ experiment. On fo1f acres. The
being Submitted 70 large eastern manu-
faotnFeFs, was pronounced most excel
lent. The eapability Of ihe Yakima re-
Rion aud the variety OF 10 pfodnots u
bee. shown By tbs operations OF ths
Moxee Company, . corporation 10 wnian
MF. 0aTdineF q. Hubbard, Professor
Graham Bell Of the telephone, aud Mr..
Alexander Bell, Washington oanksF.
are the stockholders. and Of which Mt.
Villas Kerr IL President. II Was thia
company thai made the tobacco expert
msnl referred 10. A little over
tsO years ego, When Mr.. Hnb'
bard became interested In the
Moxee region. that valley was
q barren sage brush wilderness
and today broad acres are under oalti-
walton and che capabilities Of ths
country have been fully demonstrated
Al kinds Of tfeoa have attained son
darful growth and one must see the im-
pr0vements With bis Own eyes 10 FealiEs
what they are. Tbs valleys oeutsrinG
aFound north Yakima are somewhat
limited In extent, bnt still they are cap
able Of sustaining . very dspse popula
ton. Forty acres OF the valley lAndl
are sufficient 70 make . family comfoss
able, n uoa waalthy. In fast, she ians
there 0uEht not 20 be owned In large
than forty acre tracts. That EegioE
offers Q 6ne asid fer investments. espe
oiAiiy IN land and irrigation bitches
Tkafo are some one handFed aad hetl
thousand acres susceptible OF irrigation
between the Yakima and Rattlesnakl
Rangos which are fully ~ fertile - %
lands In the Atahnum, Matches All
Moxeo valleys. end there Il very 1tlb
AOubt that steps will so0n BE- Taxa
towards putting this great traet unde
irrigation, sinee the Aoxes concern hA
shown what can be done With that elias
Of iaud.
the Puget Sound towns Which sx
pest 70 derive their growth from ID
development Of she interior OF Wash
ineton Territory" continued Nj
BahuIEa, ain my opinion. do nos iuteres
thomaelves suficiently 10 aiding AMI
assisting tbs people Of the interioI
They expeos 70 harvest where they d
net aoV. 1he capitalists on PaRe
Sound should assist the farmers NOR
extensively than they do. They shonl,
especially interest themselves IN organ
iEina companies for the building Of tgri
cation bitches IN the Yakima eOantEy
The people oat there are poor and cal
not, among themselves, raise th'
money foE extensive bitches suoh ~ ~
required. That money should com
from she Soand. Investments In ditel
companies have generally proved YER,
profitable, especially - IN Colorado ans
Ulah. II our people % this side do no
take hold Of this matter, Eastern CAPT
tAlissa will, and The pfogits which shoui'
come here will 90 Est and With u
good deal Of the trade Of The oauntEy
Tacoma has taken "a energetic An'
progressive step In thia direction in III
orRaninaiion % the rsanauay Ditel
Company and the gushing along o
large Irrigation Improvements near AM
aFonud klleBshnrR. Tue employmen
81 home capital In this direction ma,
count upon the sympathy and assistance
Of the railroad company"